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TV | Clear News | Monday 26.1.2026

Somali youth and correctional institutions. Mobile network. Dog registry. Tuesday’s weather.

Somali youth and correctional institutions

First, news about Somali youth.

Somali youth are being sent from Finland to correctional institutions abroad, according to Yle’s MOT program.

Journalist Wali Hashi visited facilities in Somalia and Kenya.

The institutions have strict discipline and young people are treated badly. For example, young people may be chained and beaten.

Somali parents want to send their children to an institution because they are afraid of drugs, crime, and an overly free lifestyle in Finland.

Somali youth are being sent from Finland to correctional institutions abroad.

Young people don’t always know before they go that they will be placed in an institution. In Finland, the family can say that the young person is going on holiday.

Mobile network

Then news about the mobile network.

Telephone and internet connections still work poorly in rural areas.

Many say that there are more problems than before.

Poor connections can cause problems on the farm.

In Kalajoki, agricultural entrepreneur Merja Himanka has to make phone calls outside.

Himanka says that it is difficult to manage things. There is also no phone inside to help in case of an emergency.

Telephone and internet connections still work poorly in rural areas.

Dog registry

Finally, the topic is the dog registry.

Only half of Finnish dogs are registered in the Finnish Food Authority’s dog register.

Dog registration has been mandatory for 3 years.

Veterinarians are urging dog owners to register their dogs. The registry helps, for example, find the owner if the dog runs away.

Only half of Finnish dogs are registered in the Finnish Food Authority’s dog register.

There are 800,000 dogs in Finland.

Tuesday weather

Still a weather forecast.

Frosty, or rainless, weather continues throughout the country.

Cloudiness is abundant in the south, while it is largely clear in the north.

The temperature varies between about -10 degrees in the south and -25 degrees in the north.